New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-03
HELPLESS LANDLORDS.
rpry HAVE NO CURE FOR PLAN-or -'S'-'
n'' PAIGN SICKNESS.
,,r MOVE TOWARD THE RECOVERY oF
'hh,n n"r,n r pryrs-ruE FARCE IN THE POLICE

,, COWARD THE RECOVERY oF
THEIR RENTs-THE FARCE IN III"
COURT - ru,prxrI
tpy CABLE TO THE IklbuNh"l
,,n,,v Ian 2-The first move oV icea' p'''@''
- ,h. mart of the landlords TO geI a' 'ne "V"o,
sD.d.o nu,ler the plan Of campaign mas ]us' oo."
Iun'' camo Of the tenants OH the fonsonby estate
"It Cort and the Brooke estate IN WEXFORD. n'''
.rvsd with summons in bankruptcy. nave
pe'" o of the documents. 1t seeks to make
se'" of the tenant unless he immediately pays
psn1 's roar's rent. which is all that he owes
"h;.ct Of tie landlords presumably is 10 get
in0 o,ts into the Bankruptcy Court whore they
'n0 -. subiscted 10 searching exam"atoh III
can 20 find out what they have done with the
ao, II the tenant reveals the name OIL tne trustee
'ep' tho niap. a carnshee order will be Issued re-
"D. the trnstee to restore to the landlord the
.u,oout of rent lodged by that particular tenant
:, s noss.ble the summonses may have been ser'ou
a. niece of bluff merely, Cor 1t seems hcreu'oio
,h.t the landlords will be so absurd as 10 auoP'
those tedious expensive and futlIe proce"uinH'
tn recover the rent of an entire estate NY .".s
me,bol it would be necessary to set the "ho'e
hinsrr i, oneratiou against every tenant
..nar,re,v. and even # tenants were to oher no
.h.t,pction il would take months and cost more
.h., the amount of the rental TO complete Tue
orier But then the tenants are not prepared 10
r.re things easy Nine weeks must elapse between
the service of the first notice and the Stage au
which the bankrupt tenant is conpeneo 10 20 i"'o
court vital rule in this recipe Is nrst 10 ca'cn
vour tenant After six weeks the tenant may DOT
he in the way lie may have gone on little Trip
In New-Yorll for the time being but suppose Ge IS
eapght lie may refuse to answer questions, ana
q will not bring the landlord any nearer TO DIS
rents to ba ye the tenant committed for contempt OF
court But suppose again he reveals the name OF
the trustee if be knows it. Matters have Deeh so
arranged that the said trustee, while man On
chose integrity tenants would pledge their lives IS
vet man of straw who has no property 10 Oe
seized and who has placed the funded rents where
they cannot be reached. The landlords IN lacU.
have no remedy against the plan. Only those OF
them who are stupid and obstinate will fight. will
spebd their money and will get no rents Those who
have sense will make terms and be thankful tor
rounder sum than they will have been able to
collect themselves had the plan not been formed
The farce at the police court III the proceedings
for conspracy still goes and the case has again
been postponed till Tuesday. Counsel for the
defendants suggested the postponement s'He a'''
and this seems to be what 1t will end in, according
10 public opinion. Nobody regards seriously the
,bam in Sligo last week. Counsel for the Wood
lord prisoners threw up their briefs on two
nccasions as a protest against the deliberate system
,f Jury packing. Several of the jurles consisted
Entirely of Protestants. In others there was out
,ne Catholic. while the same Protestant jnrcrs
figured in a number of trials. Law in Ireland has
ceases to command respect. L. L. Ol1l, o. L.